Bale-tie buckle



June 10 1924. I 1,497,508

R. L. HORSLEY BALE TIE sucxma Filed Ju ly 2, 1923 I12 Jen for M ifi WMUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. HORSLEY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BALE-TIE BUCKLE.

Application filed July 2, 1923. Serial No. 649,041.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. HoRsLEY.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county ofShelby, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bale-Tie Buckles,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to buckles for securing the ends of bale-tiestogether, and has for its object the improvement of buckle patented byme May th, 1923, Number 1,455,204, and buckles of that general class,

15 by providing efficient and more economical means for attachingbuckles to one end of bale-ties beforethe ties are carried to the press.

In the cotton baling industry there are certain limits to the weight ofmaterial that may be used to constitute the buckles. Necessity foreconomy and established regulations of tare cause this restriction andthere is at present no general use of buckles of the type. hereindescribed for baling cotton, for the apparent reason that they have notbeen made efficient without the use of an excess weight of material.

Buckles of this class would be in great favor at the compresses becauseof the ease and possible speed in their use and my invention makes itpossible to produce eflicient buckles without any excess in use ofmaterial in their manufacture.

With these objects in View and other objects that may appear to thoseskilled in this industry, my invention comprises certain novelcombinations, constructions and arrangements of parts as will bedescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

The word band is used freely to denote bale-tie.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of my buckle made from steel plate and Figure 2is the same. showing broken sections, 8, 9, of band applied thereto.

Referring to Fig. 1, the buckle comprises band supporting members 1, 1and 2, in-

tegral with connecting side bar 3 and sep arated from each other by aslot 4, forming an opening into the buckle for an entrance of one loopof the band at side of the buckle.

The member 1, 1 is provided with slotted perforation 5, cut parallel toslot 4, the outer end of the two bars formed being left connected by anuncut section 6.

The perforation 5 is made to extend into connecting side 3 far enoughbeyond and overlapping the open slot 4 to secure the correct width forreceiving one end of the band.

Member 2 is preferably provided with retentive device described in theaforementioned patent, the said device consisting of an outlea-ningincline 7, projected upon the inner edge of member near its outer end. Aband when applied to this member and strain comes upon it willbe wedgedbetween incline 7, and side 3 in a manner to prevent band from shiftingor creeping upon the buckle.

Heret-ofore the perforation 5 has been made to register with theband-seating surface of member 2 and additional width of material had tobe provided in order to secure bars 1 and 1 in combined support, but inthe construction described an extra width is obviated without detrimentto strength of the buckle.

In using the buckle one end of the baleband, 8, is threaded throughperforation 5 and bent back. To make the tie, the other end, 9, of bandis looped and brought into buckle as shown in Fig. 2.

Having described my invention, what I claim is,-

1.. A bale-tie buckle comprising band supporting members, side barconnecting said members at one end, a slot, to receive a looped end ofthe bale band, separating the members and opening out at one side of thebuckle, one of said members having a slotted perforation for receivingthe other end of the bale band, said perforation overlapping the slot,extending beyond and into connecting bar and removed from open side ofbuckle, leaving connected bearing between parts of the member.

2. A bale-tie buckle comprising band supgs I 7 1,497,508

perforation-for,receiving one end of thebale band and the other' memberhaving an out-' leaning incline projected upon its inner edge near theouter end in a manner to lead applied loop of band against side bar.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

ROBERT L. HoRsLnY.

